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As all Millennials can agree, there is a shortage of information in today’s society which has meant many young people have become terminally online in the neverending search for real journalism.
One such seeker of the truth is Betootan Abigail Spencestein (32) who began her life as a consumer of news way back in the print era, specifically with the heralded ‘Coolest Magazine for Kids’, K-Zone.
“Every month we would spend our pocket money at the newsagents so we could read about the news of the upcoming Harry Potter movie,” stated Spencestein in a real description of how Millennials actually used to get their news.
“I’ve still got the copy where my picture was published as one of the Cool Kids in the K-Zone Gang! My sister ripped the cover off because of course she fucking did.”
For a variety of reasons, print journalism aimed at children is no longer an appropriate way for Spencestein to get her news which is why she now gets all of her news from social media platforms like TikTok and Instagram in what may or may not be a downgrade.
“It’s so much easier to get news about the new Harry Potter movies this way. Often it’s not actually news, more sort of ‘dream cast’ videos people are presenting as fact but you can usually tell the difference.”
At the time of writing, no one is really sure why Millennials prefer to get their news from memes and social media, apart from a smug handful who pay for journalism and mention it daily.
Theories include the public education system deliberately raising generations to think of news as something that happened this week that you can share with the class, youth publishing watering down the message by trying to be something once known as ‘on fleek’ or the fact that the actual news is too depressing to be ingestible for people who have a stake in the future of the planet.
“Hey, if you don’t laugh you’re gonna cry right? Usually, I do both.”
MORE TO COME.
